Cleft palate repair by American medical teams in 3rd world countries...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
code speak?

Operation Smile
CIA operative dealing with the drug trade in SA?

pirates bug time
Curfew for sailors?

gf.



"katysails" wrote in message
...
Why not go to Venezuela? My sister-on-law went there for Operation Smile
and the pictures she took were magnificent. You'd have to watch for
pirates bug time, though...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.

I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?

CN

You'd fit right in...no one would notice you...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
Venezuela and Colombia are supposed to be two of the
worst places for pirates in the Western Hemisphere.

You'd like me to go there, wouldn't you? :-)

CN


"katysails" wrote in message
...
Why not go to Venezuela? My sister-on-law went there for Operation Smile
and the pictures she took were magnificent. You'd have to watch for
pirates
bug time, though...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.

I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?

CN

Yes, that is correct. March is probably the best time but the gales are
no less terrible. The seas are steep and beating into them takes a
vessel that drives into a breaking sea well. I'm not sure that Bill Trip
designed the 27 with beating into the screaming 50's and Cape Horn in
mind. Forget using your outboard to help. Perhaps you might like to
consider the Straits instead?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:

Fewer mid summer because the gales tend to travel west to east at lower latitudes
in mid-summer. Autumn is a bad time because the gales are occurring further
north.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...

But are there fewer gales mid summer than autumn?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:


Fewer winter gales in mid-summer. It's the sensible time
to attack Cape Horn. One could freeze to death in the
winter before making it around.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...


You think mid summer is the best time?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:



It's not all that difficult given the right time of year
which would be mid-winter here, mid-summer there.

Every real sailor should round the great Capes to
starboard. That's what sailboats and sailors were
created to do - thwart the will of God!

God loves nothing better than to see a man doing
that which God has made very difficult or near
impossible. God put it in our genes.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...



You wan't to go 'round the Horn in your boat from east to west?

Good luck.

Cheers



Capt. Neal® wrote:




The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.

I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?

CN

I have a theory about the Horn that I'd like to check out.

With the prevailing westerlies comes a prevailing current
from the same direction.

Look at the shape of the horn and it's easy to picture
a swirl of current in a counter-clockwise circle just
east of the Horn. This would indicate to me that there
is a favorable current close to shore right out to the tip
of the Horn itself.

I think a crafty sailor in a small cruiser could take
advantage of this current to place himself in a
position to go round the Horn given some winds
that weren't overly stiff which winds do occur
from time to time in the summer and winter for
that matter. One could lie close in in the lee
of the Horn and use the current even if the
winds were partially blocked by the Cape
to progress right out into open water but
close to the Horn itself which I understand
is deep right up to the rocks.

It's a plan. A thinking sailor's plan.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...
Yes, that is correct. March is probably the best time but the gales are
no less terrible. The seas are steep and beating into them takes a
vessel that drives into a breaking sea well. I'm not sure that Bill Trip
designed the 27 with beating into the screaming 50's and Cape Horn in
mind. Forget using your outboard to help. Perhaps you might like to
consider the Straits instead?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:

Fewer mid summer because the gales tend to travel west to east at lower latitudes
in mid-summer. Autumn is a bad time because the gales are occurring further
north.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...

But are there fewer gales mid summer than autumn?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:


Fewer winter gales in mid-summer. It's the sensible time
to attack Cape Horn. One could freeze to death in the
winter before making it around.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...


You think mid summer is the best time?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:



It's not all that difficult given the right time of year
which would be mid-winter here, mid-summer there.

Every real sailor should round the great Capes to
starboard. That's what sailboats and sailors were
created to do - thwart the will of God!

God loves nothing better than to see a man doing
that which God has made very difficult or near
impossible. God put it in our genes.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...



You wan't to go 'round the Horn in your boat from east to west?

Good luck.

Cheers



Capt. Neal® wrote:




The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.

I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?

CN

In article ,
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Capt._Neal=AE?= wrote:
It's a plan. A thinking sailor's plan.

If you're a congenital idiot, then it's a plan.

--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

The trouble is there are huge williwaws close in.

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:

I have a theory about the Horn that I'd like to check out.

With the prevailing westerlies comes a prevailing current
from the same direction.

Look at the shape of the horn and it's easy to picture
a swirl of current in a counter-clockwise circle just
east of the Horn. This would indicate to me that there
is a favorable current close to shore right out to the tip
of the Horn itself.

I think a crafty sailor in a small cruiser could take
advantage of this current to place himself in a
position to go round the Horn given some winds
that weren't overly stiff which winds do occur
from time to time in the summer and winter for
that matter. One could lie close in in the lee
of the Horn and use the current even if the
winds were partially blocked by the Cape
to progress right out into open water but
close to the Horn itself which I understand
is deep right up to the rocks.

It's a plan. A thinking sailor's plan.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...

Yes, that is correct. March is probably the best time but the gales are
no less terrible. The seas are steep and beating into them takes a
vessel that drives into a breaking sea well. I'm not sure that Bill Trip
designed the 27 with beating into the screaming 50's and Cape Horn in
mind. Forget using your outboard to help. Perhaps you might like to
consider the Straits instead?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:


Fewer mid summer because the gales tend to travel west to east at lower latitudes
in mid-summer. Autumn is a bad time because the gales are occurring further
north.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...


But are there fewer gales mid summer than autumn?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:



Fewer winter gales in mid-summer. It's the sensible time
to attack Cape Horn. One could freeze to death in the
winter before making it around.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...



You think mid summer is the best time?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:




It's not all that difficult given the right time of year
which would be mid-winter here, mid-summer there.

Every real sailor should round the great Capes to
starboard. That's what sailboats and sailors were
created to do - thwart the will of God!

God loves nothing better than to see a man doing
that which God has made very difficult or near
impossible. God put it in our genes.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message ...




You wan't to go 'round the Horn in your boat from east to west?

Good luck.

Cheers



Capt. Neal® wrote:





The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.

I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?

CN

Nah...that's a shark bait plan.....that current is where all the big sharks
live and wait for sailors like you to come along and get dumped for
dinner...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
I have a theory about the Horn that I'd like to check out.

With the prevailing westerlies comes a prevailing current
from the same direction.

Look at the shape of the horn and it's easy to picture
a swirl of current in a counter-clockwise circle just
east of the Horn. This would indicate to me that there
is a favorable current close to shore right out to the tip
of the Horn itself.

I think a crafty sailor in a small cruiser could take
advantage of this current to place himself in a
position to go round the Horn given some winds
that weren't overly stiff which winds do occur
from time to time in the summer and winter for
that matter. One could lie close in in the lee
of the Horn and use the current even if the
winds were partially blocked by the Cape
to progress right out into open water but
close to the Horn itself which I understand
is deep right up to the rocks.

It's a plan. A thinking sailor's plan.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message
...
Yes, that is correct. March is probably the best time but the gales are
no less terrible. The seas are steep and beating into them takes a
vessel that drives into a breaking sea well. I'm not sure that Bill Trip
designed the 27 with beating into the screaming 50's and Cape Horn in
mind. Forget using your outboard to help. Perhaps you might like to
consider the Straits instead?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:

Fewer mid summer because the gales tend to travel west to east at lower
latitudes
in mid-summer. Autumn is a bad time because the gales are occurring
further
north.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message
...

But are there fewer gales mid summer than autumn?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:


Fewer winter gales in mid-summer. It's the sensible time
to attack Cape Horn. One could freeze to death in the
winter before making it around.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message
...


You think mid summer is the best time?

Cheers

Capt. Neal® wrote:



It's not all that difficult given the right time of year
which would be mid-winter here, mid-summer there.

Every real sailor should round the great Capes to
starboard. That's what sailboats and sailors were
created to do - thwart the will of God!

God loves nothing better than to see a man doing
that which God has made very difficult or near
impossible. God put it in our genes.

CN


"Nav" wrote in message
...



You wan't to go 'round the Horn in your boat from east to west?

Good luck.

Cheers



Capt. Neal® wrote:




The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.

I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?

CN

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:04:42 -0500, Capt. Neal®
wrote this crap:

Naw, the Straits of Magellan are for sissies. I'm thinking of going
around the entire mess like the good Captain in the movie
"Master and Commander".

He lost a man.




Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Capt. Neal® wrote in message ...
The Caribbean is becoming old hat though
the Bahamas still have many locales I have
not seen.

I'm kicking around the possibility of going
'round the Horn and heading off to the
South Sea islands. Of course, I would
continue around to close the circle.


Sounds like a challenge to be taken.

I'll meet you at the equator head to Christmas stop in Palmyra, head
to the bakers, Howland, Gilberts, Tarawa, Marshall's, Wake, Marcus,
Phillippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India,
Pakistan, Iran ,Kuwait, Oman, Yeman, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Italy,
Spain, Carninals, Florida.



I figure at my leisurely pace it should take
three or four years.

The question I must ask is could you guys
and gals survive that long without me?



With the right equipment onboard you could update the group as you
go. But it would have to be a pay to view website to make it worth
while.

Joe



CN

I'm kicking around the possibility of going 'round the Horn and heading off
to the South Sea islands. Of course, I would continue around to close the
circle.

By all means do it. And don't forget to sail around Indonesia.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"